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THE INVENTION OF WINGS, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Viking) The relationship between a wealthy Charleston girl, Sarah Grimké, who will grow up to become a prominent abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday. 

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THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. (Little, Brown)  A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden.

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LOVE, by James Patterson and Emily Raymond. (Little, 3 FIRST Brown) Sixteen-year-old Axi Moore invites her best friend, whom

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she secretly loves, on a cross-country road trip.

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THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom. (Harper) A small Michigan town is transformed when its residents receive phone calls said to be from heaven.

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SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A sequel, about race and inheritance, to “A Time to Kill.”

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DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES, by Alan Bradley. 6 THE (Delacorte) The chemist Flavia de Luce, 11, receives a cryptic

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message from a stranger who is then pushed to his death.

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GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown) A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?

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STANDUP GUY, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam) In the 28th Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer takes on a complicated new client.

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COMMAND AUTHORITY, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam) President Jack Ryan and his son, a covert intelligence expert, try to counter a Russian threat in Tom Clancy’s last novel before his death.

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FEAR NOTHING, by Lisa Gardner. (Dutton) The Boston detective D. D. Warren, seriously injured at a crime scene, is treated by a pain therapist whose father was a serial killer.

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THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/ Putnam) A woman’s life is upended when she discovers a letter she was not meant to read.

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THE GODS OF GUILT, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown) Mickey Haller, a.k.a. the Lincoln lawyer, defends a “digital pimp” accused of murder and confronts an angry daughter.

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MRS. LINCOLN’S RIVAL, by Jennifer Chiaverini. (Dutton) The political and social competition between Mary Todd Lincoln and the Washington hostess Kate Chase Sprague.

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OF THE SHADOW BIBLE, by Ian Rankin. (Little, Brown) 14 SAINTS The Edinburgh homicide detective John Rebus is back on the job

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HAZARDOUS DUTY, by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. (Putnam)

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THE LONGEST RIDE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central)

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THE POLARIS PROTOCOL, by Brad Taylor. (Dutton)

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DARK WOLF, by Christine Feehan. (Berkley)

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RIVER ROAD, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Putnam)

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THE PAGAN LORD, by Bernard Cornwell. (Harper)

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INFERNO, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday)

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KING AND MAXWELL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central)

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RADIANCE OF TOMORROW, by Ishmael Beah. (Sarah Crichton/ Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

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and involved in two investigations, one old and one new.

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DOCTOR SLEEP, by Stephen King. (Scribner) Now grown up, Dan, the boy with psycho-intuitive powers in “The Shining,” helps another threatened child with a gift.

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CROSS MY HEART, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) Alex Cross’s family is threatened by a genius intent on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime. 

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Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 18, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.

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by Robert M. Gates. (Knopf) The former defense secretary 1 DUTY, recounts his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and

WEEKS ON LIST

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THINGS THAT MATTER, by Charles Krauthammer. (Crown Forum) Three decades’ worth of essays from the conservative columnist, including his views on limited government, bioeth­ics, Jewish destiny and America’s role as the world’s superpower.

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DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) How disadvantages can work in our favor; from the author of “The Tipping Point” and “Outliers.” 

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KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events leading up to Jesus’ execution.

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I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. (Little, Brown) The Pakistani girl who advocated for women’s education and was shot by the Taliban.

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LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. (Knopf) The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SECRET SIX, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. (Sentinel) The story of the Culper spy ring, which aided the American cause during the Revolution. 

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YOUR LIFE CALLING, by Jane Pauley. (Simon & Schuster) The challenges of midlife, presented with humor and insight by the broadcast journalist. 

LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM, by Gabriel Sherman. 9 THE (Random House) A journey inside the world of Fox News and the

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THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Viking)

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BRAINSTORM, by Daniel J. Siegel. (Tarcher/Penguin)

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ONE SUMMER, by Bill Bryson. (Doubleday)

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LOVE & WAR, by James Carville and Mary Matalin. (Blue Rider)

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WOODEN, by Seth Davis. (Times Books)

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HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach. (Howard Books)

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MIRACLES AND MASSACRES, by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Hannah Beck. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts)

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THE REASON I JUMP, by Naoki Higashida. (Random House)

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ZEALOT, by Reza Aslan. (Random House)

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THE BURGLARY, by Betty Medsger. (Knopf)

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life of its combative, visionary founder, Roger Ailes.

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UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.

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MY AGE OF ANXIETY, by Scott Stossel. (Knopf) A study of anxiety disorder by the editor of The Atlantic, drawing on research as well as personal experience.

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MY PROMISED LAND, by Ari Shavit. (Spiegel & Grau) An Israeli journalist expresses both solidarity with and criticism of his countrymen in this memoir and history.

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THE BULLY PULPIT, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster) The author of “Team of Rivals” explores the relationships between Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the muckraking press. 

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LITTLE FAILURE, by Gary Shteyngart. (Random House) A memoir of growing up in a family that immigrated from Leningrad to Queens.

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HUMANS OF NEW YORK, by Brandon Stanton. (St. Martin’s) Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers that capture the city’s spirit; based on the documentary blog.

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Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 18, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.

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Trade Fiction cont’d.

LIFE AFTER LIFE, by Kate Atkinson. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) 1 2 Atkinson’s heroine, born in 1910, keeps dying and dying again,

A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING, by Ruth Ozeki. (Penguin) A diary 18 2 that washes ashore on an island off the coast of British Columbia

ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline. (Morrow/ 2 22 HarperCollins) A historical novel about orphans swept off the

THE ROUND HOUSE, by Louise Erdrich. (Harper Perennial) An 19* 13 American Indian family faces the ramifications of a vicious crime;

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E. L. James. (Vintage) An 3* 97 inexperienced college student falls in love with a tortured man

FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E. L. James. (Vintage) Reunited, 20 88 Anastasia and Christian face a world of possibilities, and

as she experiences the alternate courses her destiny might have taken.

streets of New York and sent to the Midwest in the 1920s. 

who has particular sexual tastes; the first book in a trilogy.

links a despairing 16-year-old schoolgirl in Tokyo and a JapaneseAmerican novelist.

winner of the 2012 National Book Award for fiction. 

unexpected challenges; the final volume in a trilogy.

A WEEK IN WINTER, by Maeve Binchy. (Anchor) Peeking into 4 2 the lives of people from various walks of life brought together

at a newly opened inn on Ireland’s west coast; the final book by Binchy, who died in 2012.

DARK PLACES, by Gillian Flynn. (Broadway) A woman who, as 5* 28 a child, was spared when her mother and sisters were murdered

begins to reinvestigate the case against her imprisoned brother. The results are surprising.

THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne) In this fable, a 6 287 Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and

his destiny.

DEAR LIFE, by Alice Munro. (Vintage International) The latest 7 15 collection of stories — some “autobiographical in feeling, though

not, sometimes, entirely so in fact” — by this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

TENTH OF DECEMBER, by George Saunders. (Random House) 8 2 Saunders’s relentless humor and generosity of spirit keep his

highly moral tales from succumbing to life’s darker aspects.

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FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James. (Vintage)

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MRS. LINCOLN’S DRESSMAKER, by Jennifer Chiaverini. (Plume)

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THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON, by Adam Johnson. (Random House)

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RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA, by Kimberly McCreight. (Harper Perennial)

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THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI, by Helene Wecker. (Harper Perennial)

ME BEFORE YOU, by Jojo Moyes. (Penguin) A young woman who 9 25 has barely been farther afield than her English village finds herself

while caring for a wealthy, embittered quadriplegic.

THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, by M. L. Stedman. (Scribner) An 10 42 Australian lighthouse keeper and his wife decide to keep a baby

who has washed ashore.

DARK WITCH, by Nora Roberts. (Berkley) With an optimistic 11 12 attitude and an innate talent with horses, Iona Sheehan arrives

in Ireland, intent on learning more about her family’s history and legacy of magic.

WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE, by Maria Semple. (Back 12* 42 Bay/Little, Brown) A teenage daughter compiles emails, official

documents and secret correspondence in an effort to find her eccentric mother.

12TH OF NEVER, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. 13 4 (Grand Central) One week after the birth of her baby, Detective

Lindsay Boxer must return to work to investigate a string of grisly murders; a Women’s Murder Club novel.

THE FLAMETHROWERS, by Rachel Kushner. (Scribner) An 14 1 impressionable artist navigates the volatile worlds of New York

and Rome in the 1970s.

LABOR DAY, by Joyce Maynard. (Morrow/HarperCollins) One 15 1 holiday weekend in New Hampshire, the lives of a single mother

and her son are irrevocably changed when they show kindness to a stranger with a terrible secret; the basis for the movie.

BEAUTIFUL RUINS, by Jess Walter. (Harper Perennial) Ruins both 16 42 emotional and architectural, in Italy, Hollywood and elsewhere,

figure in this sweeping novel.

THE HARBINGER, by Jonathan Cahn. (FrontLine) A man tells 17 96 of his encounters with a mysterious figure who has given him a

series of messages that hold the secret of America’s future.

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 18, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/ books.

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Mass-Market Fiction

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A BEND IN THE ROAD, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) A A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam) In 18 2 1 12 widower in North Carolina and his son’s second-grade teacher the aftermath of a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new

discover that they are linked by a shocking secret.

threats; Book 5 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.”

EMPIRE AND HONOR, by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. BIG SKY SECRETS, by Linda Lael Miller. (Harlequin) Landry 19* 1 2 3 Butterworth IV. (Jove) An O.S.S. agent’s plan to help his German Sutton, a self-made tycoon, heads to Hangman’s Bend Ranch,

intelligence counterparts reach Argentina encounters trouble; an Honor Bound novel. 

intent on selling his land and returning to the city. But he didn’t count on falling for country life, or Ria Manning.

THE TENTH CIRCLE, by Jodi Picoult. (Pocket Books) When GUILT, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine) The psychologist 20 2 3 3 his teenage daughter is date-raped, a comic-book artist is detective Alex Delaware traces a bizarre new case back some 60

overwhelmed by rage he thought he had buried with his past.

years, to the story of a beautiful nurse and a notorious hospital.

ENDER’S GAME, by Orson Scott Card. (Tor) To develop a secure 4* 66 defense against a hostile alien race’s next attack, government

agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers.

BLINDSIDED, by Fern Michaels. (Zebra/Kensington) The 5 3 Sisterhood plans a campaign against two judges running a

moneymaking scheme that sends young offenders to brutal boot camps.

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A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam) In the 6 141 frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural 22 forces are mustering; Book 1 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.” THE KING’S DECEPTION, by Steve Berry. (Ballantine) The ex 23 7 3 government operative Cotton Malone stumbles upon a C.I.A. plan

to call into question the legitimacy of Elizabeth I’s reign and her conquest of Ireland.

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MARRIAGE BETWEEN FRIENDS, by Debbie Macomber. 8 2 (Harlequin Mira) A reissue of two 1986 novels, “White Lace and 25 Promises” and “Friends — and Then Some.”

A CLASH OF KINGS, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam) MONTANA BRIDE, by Joan Johnston. (Dell) PRODIGAL SON, by Susan Mallery. (Harlequin) TEMPTATION RIDGE, by Robyn Carr. (Mira) A FEAST FOR CROWS, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam)

NYPD RED, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. (Vision) 9 1 Detective Zach Jordan and his partner (and ex-girlfriend) must

stop a deranged killer who has targeted a glittering New York film festival.

AFTER THE STORM, by Maya Banks. (Berkley) Donovan Kelly, 10 2 part of an elite, family-run task force, tries to protect a beautiful

stranger whose dark past is closing in on her.

SEAVIEW INN, by Sherryl Woods. (Harlequin Mira) In Seaview 11 3 Key, Hannah contends with her daughter’s unexpected pregnancy

and her grandmother’s reluctance to go into a retirement home.

THE RACKETEER, by John Grisham. (Dell) An imprisoned ex 12* 21 lawyer schemes to exchange information about a murdered

federal judge for his freedom. 

ZOO, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Vision) After 13 5 witnessing a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, a young biologist

races to warn world leaders about the reasons for escalating animal attacks on cities.

A MEMORY OF LIGHT, by Robert Jordan and Brandon 14 3 Sanderson. (Tor Fantasy/Tom Doherty) The 14th and final novel in

the Wheel of Time fantasy series.

NOTORIOUS NINETEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam) The New 15 9 Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum tracks down a con man who

mysteriously vanished from a hospital.

THREAT VECTOR, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Berkley) 16 7 With China threatening to invade Taiwan, the covert intelligence

expert Jack Ryan Jr. comes to the aid of his father’s presidential administration. But Ryan’s agency, the Campus, has been discovered.

DREAM EYES, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Jove) A psychic counselor, 17 1 returning to a small Oregon town after her mentor’s suspicious

death, is drawn to a psychic investigator with disturbing power; a Dark Legacy novel. 

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 18, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/ books.

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THIS WEEK

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THIS WEEK

LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. (Back 21 1 92 Bay/Little, Brown) A harrowing Navy SEALs operation. THE MONUMENTS MEN, by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. 22 2 5 (Little, Brown) Following an Allied group who recovered stolen

artworks from the Nazis.

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rise and fall of a financial insider; the basis for the recent film.

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neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma.

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Pacific Crest Trail.

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some people succeed.

6 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, by Jordan Belfort. (Bantam) The

65 PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. (Simon & Schuster) A

43 WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Vintage) A life-changing hike along the

Nonfiction Extended THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. (Vintage)

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BRAIN ON FIRE, by Susannah Cahalan. (Simon & Schuster)

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LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, by Nelson Mandela. (Back Bay/ Little, Brown)

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BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown)

* 137 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) Why

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166 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent.

(Thomas Nelson) A boy’s encounter with Jesus and the angels.

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27 ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. (Spiegel &

Grau) A memoir about a year in a women’s prison. The basis for the Netflix series.

QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Broadway) Introverts — one-third of the 9 51 population — are undervalued in American society. THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House) A 10* 2 reporter for The New York Times presents the science behind how

we form, and break, habits. 

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Skloot. (Broadway) A woman’s cancer cells were cultured without permission in 1951.

MY BELOVED WORLD, by Sonia Sotomayor. (Vintage) The 12 2 Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in the Bronx, attending

Princeton and becoming a federal judge.   

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41 AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle. (Harper/HarperCollins) A

memoir about the Iraq war by the Navy SEALs sniper who died recently in Texas.

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, 14 42 Straus & Giroux) How we make choices in business and personal

life.

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73 THE NEW JIM CROW, by Michelle Alexander. (New Press) Taking

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aim at the “war on drugs” and its impact on black men.

* 29 HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED, by Paul Tough. (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) An argument that character matters more than intelligence.

TO SELL IS HUMAN, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead) Insights from 17 2 social science about how to move others.  PHILOMENA, by Martin Sixsmith. (Penguin) A biography about an 18 3 Irish woman and the son she was forced to give up for adoption;

now a movie.

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73 A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah. (Sarah Crichton/Farrar,

Straus & Giroux) A former child soldier’s killing spree and return to humanity.

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339 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner) The author

recalls her bizarre childhood. (†)

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending January 18, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/ books.

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Best Sellers Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous THIS WEEK

Advice

WEEKS ON LIST

Advice cont’d

THIS WEEK

WEEKS ON LIST

THE POUND A DAY DIET, by Rocco DiSpirito. (Grand Central Life WHEAT BELLY, by William Davis. (Rodale) An examination of 1 2 11 35 & Style) An accelerated weight-loss plan. wheat in modern diets. SUPER SHRED, by Ian K. Smith. (St. Martin’s) A short-term rapid WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff 2 3 12 37 weight-loss plan. and Sharon Mazel. (Workman) Advice for parents-to-be. (†) THE BODY BOOK, by Cameron Diaz with Sandra Bark. HANDS FREE MAMA, by Rachel Macy Stafford. (Zondervan) 3 2 13 2 (HarperWave) A guide for becoming healthier and stronger, Strategies for eliminating distractions and spending time with

inspired by the actor’s personal experience.

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2 A SHORT GUIDE TO A LONG LIFE, by David B. Agus with Kristin

Loberg. (Simon & Schuster) A doctor recommends daily habits for healthy living.

THE DANIEL PLAN, by Rick Warren, Daniel Amen, Mark Hyman 5 7 and others. (Zondervan) A spirituality-based approach to health

and wellness.

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friends and loved ones.

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12 HYPERBOLE AND A HALF, by Allie Brosh. (Touchstone) Illustrated

personal anecdotes from the author of the popular blog.

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1 HAPPY HORMONES, SLIM BELLY, by Jorge Cruise. (Hay House)

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Martin’s) A six-week system that combines meal spacing, meal replacement, strategic exercise and other elements.

17 GRAIN BRAIN, by David Perlmutter with Kristin Loberg. (Little,

Brown) The deleterious effect of carbohydrates on the brain, and how to reverse it. 

THE DOCTOR’S DIET, by Travis Stork. (Bird Street Books) A 7 2 flexible diet program aimed at health and weight loss. THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION, by Brene Brown. (Hazelden 8 17 Publishing) Embracing who you are, not who you should be. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield) 9* 41 How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand.

A diet program for women over 40.

14 SHRED - THE REVOLUTIONARY DIET, by Ian K. Smith. (St.

WHEAT BELLY 30-MINUTE (OR LESS!) COOKBOOK, by William 17* 4 Davis. (Rodale) Two hundred easy, wheat-free dishes. THE DASH DIET WEIGHT LOSS SOLUTION, by Marla Heller. 18 3 (Grand Central Life & Style) Dietary approaches to stop

hypertension.  

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32 DARING GREATLY, by Brene Brown. (Gotham) How the courage

to be vulnerable changes the way we live, love, parent and lead. (†)

JIM CRAMER’S GET RICH CAREFULLY, by James J. Cramer. EAT IT TO BEAT IT!, by David Zinczenko. (Ballantine) An 10 3 20* 2 (Blue Rider) Investment advice and an overview of the workings of examination of the surprising ingredients in many brand foods,

the stock market.

and advice on healthier alternatives.

The category Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers includes both e-book and print book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a title’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the title ranked above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.

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Children’s Best Sellers THIS WEEK

Picture Books

WEEKS ON LIST

THIS WEEK

Series

WEEKS ON LIST

DIVERGENT, by Veronica Roth. (HarperCollins Publishers) A girl THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT, by Drew Daywalt. Illustrated by 1 13 1 30 must prove her mettle in a dystopia divided into five factions. Oliver Jeffers. (Philomel) Duncan’s crayons revolt. (Ages 3 to 7) WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?, by Ylvis. Illustrated by Svein Nyhus. 2 6 (Simon & Schuster) A mysterious sound deep in the woods; based

on the YouTube video. (Ages 4 to 8)

(Ages 14 and up)

THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic) In a 2 178 dystopia, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up)

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, by Cassandra Clare. (Simon & I AM ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by Brad Meltzer. Illustrated by 3 123 3 1 Schuster) A world of demons and warriors. (Ages 14 and up) Christopher Eliopoulos. (Dial) The 16th president narrates his life

story. (Ages 4 to 8)

GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, CONSTRUCTION SITE, by Sherri 4 120 Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld. (Chronicle) Trucks at sunset.

(Ages 4 to 8)

I AM AMELIA EARHART, by Brad Meltzer. Illustrated by 5 1 Christopher Eliopoulos. (Dial) The aviator on chasing dreams and

breaking records. (Ages 4 to 8)

JOURNEY, by Aaron Becker. (Candlewick) A lonely girl draws a red 6 10 door on her bedroom wall and enters an imaginary world. (Ages

4 to 8)

STEAM TRAIN, DREAM TRAIN, by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom 7 37 Lichtenheld. (Chronicle) Animal workers load freight. (Ages 3 to 7)

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. 4 261 (Abrams Books) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9

to 12)

THE MAZE RUNNER, by James Dashner. (Random House 5 67 Publishing) Amnesiac teenagers endure a series of trials. (Ages

12 and up)

HEROES OF OLYMPUS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney Publishing 6 57 Worldwide) A new generation of demigods embarks on

adventures. (Ages 9 to 12)

PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney 7 324 Publishing Worldwide) A boy battles mythological monsters. (Ages

9 to 12)

VAMPIRE ACADEMY, by Richelle Mead. (Razorbill, paper only) PRESS HERE, by Hervé Tullet. (Handprint/Chronicle) A dance of 8 46 8 125 Undead boarding school. (Ages 12 and up) color. (Ages 4 to 8) GIVER QUARTET, by Lois Lowry. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt I’M A FROG!, by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Press) Piggie teaches 9 29 9 7 Publishing) Exploring human connections in a postapocalyptic Gerald how to take on a new identity (also known as pretending).

(Ages 4 to 8)

world. (Ages 12 to 18)

LEGEND, by Marie Lu. (Penguin Group) In a post-apocalyptic PETE THE CAT AND HIS MAGIC SUNGLASSES, by Kimberly and 10 9 10 12 America, there are two warring nations: the Republic and the James Dean. Illustrated by James Dean. (Harper/HarperCollins)

Seeing things in a new way. (Ages 3 to 7)

Colonies. (Ages 12 and up)

The categories of Middle Grade, Young Adult and Series include e-sales and print sales. Picture Book rankings are print only. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.

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Middle Grade

WEEKS ON LIST

THIS WEEK

Young Adult

WEEKS ON LIST

THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf Doubleday WONDER, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing) A boy 1 59 1 60 Publishing) A girl saves books from Nazi burning; now a movie. with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school. (Ages 8 to 12) FROZEN, by RH Disney. (Random House Publishing) The junior 2 8 novelization of the movie, loosely based on “The Snow Queen.”

(Ages 8 to 12)

HUNTED, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic) Four young heroes 3 2 must bond with their spirit animals and save Erdas. (Ages 8 to 12) RUSH REVERE AND THE BRAVE PILGRIMS, by Rush Limbaugh. 4 12 (Simon & Schuster) A time traveler lands on the Mayflower. (Ages

8 to 12)

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, by Katherine Applegate. 5 51 (HarperCollins Publishers) A gorilla who lives in a mall meets an

elephant. (Ages 8 to 12)

FLORA AND ULYSSES, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by K. G. 6 16 Campbell. (Candlewick Press) A rodent with unusual powers.

(Ages 9 to 12)

OUT OF MY MIND, by Sharon M. Draper. (Simon & Schuster) A 7 29 brilliant girl with cerebral palsy longs for a way to speak. (Ages 10

to 13)

(Ages 14 and up)

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, by John Green. (Penguin Group) A 2 60 16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer. (Ages

14 and up)

HOLLOW CITY, by Ransom Riggs. (Quirk Books) In 1940 3 1 London, Jacob Portman and his friends try to find a cure for their

headmistress, Miss Peregrine. (Ages 12 and up)

LOOKING FOR ALASKA, by John Green. (Penguin Group) A boy 4 60 seeking excitement finds that and more in a girl named Alaska.

(Ages 14 to 17)

MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, by 5 36 Ransom Riggs. (Quirk Books) An island, an abandoned orphanage

and a collection of curious photographs. (Ages 12 and up)

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, by Stephen Chbosky. 6 59 (Simon & Schuster) What it’s like to grow up. (Ages 14 and up) PAPER TOWNS, by John Green. (Penguin Group) The girl Quentin 7 46 loves disappears. (Ages 14 and up)

ELEANOR AND PARK, by Rainbow Rowell. (St. Martin’s Press) THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU 1, by Valorie Schaefer. 8 11 8 36 The world opposes the love of two outcast teenagers. (Ages 14 Illustrated by Josee Masse. (American Girl Publishing) The

to 18)

changing body. (Ages 8 to 12)

AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES, by John Green. (Penguin I EVEN FUNNIER, by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. 9 19 9 6 Group) Colin Singleton wants to break the pattern of being Illustrated by Laura Park. (Little, Brown & Company) A comedian

dumped. (Ages 12 and up)

in trouble. (Ages 9 to 12)

THE IMPOSSIBLE KNIFE OF MEMORY, by Laurie Halse COUNTING BY 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan. (Penguin Group) 10 1 10 2 Anderson. (Penguin Group) The daughter of a war veteran with Willow, 12, has a hard time making friends after her adoptive

parents die in a car accident. (Ages 10 to 14)

PTSD cares for her father and tries to survive senior year. (Ages 12 to 17)

Middle Grade Extended

Young Adult Extended

11

FORTUNATELY, THE MILK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Skottie Young. (HarperCollins Publishers)

11

THE ELITE, by Kiera Cass. (HarperCollins Publishers)

12

THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK, by Daniel Lipkowitz. (DK Publishing)

12

THE SELECTION, by Kiera Cass. (HarperCollins Publishers)

13

A LONG WALK TO WATER, by Linda Sue Park. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing)

13

CONFESSIONS, THE PRIVATE SCHOOL MURDERS, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown & Company)

14

THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU 2, by Cara Natterson. Illustrated by Josee Masse. (American Girl Publishing)

14

THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher. (Penguin Group)

15

THE BOY ON THE WOODEN BOX, by Leon Leyson with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. Leyson. (Simon & Schuster)

15

THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown & Company)

The categories of Middle Grade, Young Adult and Series include e-sales and print sales. Picture Book rankings are print only. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.

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E-Book Best Sellers THIS WEEK

1

LAST WEEK

6

Fiction THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. (Little, Brown) A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden.

BRIDES, by Annette Blair and others. (Sprigleaf) 2 SCANDALOUS Four Regency-era romance novels.

3

4

4

12

5

9

SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A sequel, about race and inheritance, to “A Time to Kill.” THE ROSIE PROJECT, by Graeme Simsion. (Simon & Schuster) A man with Asperger’s syndrome becomes involved with a freespirited woman. THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/ Putnam) A woman’s life is upended when she discovers a letter from her husband she was not meant to read until after his death.

LOVE, by James Patterson and Emily Raymond. (Little, 6 FIRST Brown) Axi Moore invites her best friend, whom she secretly

WEEKS ON LIST

13

THIS WEEK

LAST WEEK

Fiction Cont’d.

WEEKS ON LIST

WITH YOU, by Laurelin Paige. (Laurelin Paige) Alayna 14 FOREVER Withers and Hudson Pierce are threatened by the past. A sequel to

1

15

8

“Found in You” and “Fixed on You.”

1

13

22

IN THE ATTIC, by V.C. Andrews. (Simon & Schuster) 16 FLOWERS Four innocent children are locked away from the world by their

1

17

18

TAKEDOWN TWENTY, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam) The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a mobster on the lam.

9

18

20

THE GODS OF GUILT, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown) Mickey Haller, a.k.a. the Lincoln lawyer, defends a “digital pimp” accused of murder.

7

19

15

WAIT FOR YOU, by J. Lynn. (Morrow/HarperCollins) Nineteenyear-old Avery Morgansten hopes she can escape the tragedy in her past when she goes to college, but she begins to receive threats. 

7

20

5

STANDUP GUY, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam) In the 28th Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer takes on a complicated new client.

2

24

KING AND MAXWELL, by David Baldacci. (Hachette) Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, former Secret Service agents turned private investigators, scrutinize the report of a soldier’s mysterious death in Afghanistan.

9

selfish mother. Originally published in 1979; now a Lifetime movie.

3

25

1

loves, on a cross-country road trip.

7

8

GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown) A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?

79

8

1

THE INVENTION OF WINGS, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Viking) The relationship between a wealthy Charleston girl, Sarah Grimké, who will grow up to become a prominent abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday. 

2

CROSS MY HEART, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) Alex Cross’s family is threatened by a genius intent on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime.

POLARIS PROTOCOL, by Brad Taylor. (Dutton) Taskforce 9 THE operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill go up against a Mexican

1

21

10

DAY, by Joyce Maynard. (HarperCollins) One holiday 22 LABOR weekend in New Hampshire, the lives of a single mother and

1

7

23

6

drug cartel, and uncover a plot much more insidious than drug trafficking.

14

COMMAND AUTHORITY, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam) President Jack Ryan and his son, a covert intelligence expert, try to counter a Russian threat in Clancy’s last novel before his death.

her son are irrevocably changed when they show kindness to a stranger with a terrible secret. Originally published in 2009; now a movie.

by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown) In this short 11 SWITCHBLADE, story, the L.A.P.D. detective Harry Bosch pursues a cold case.

1

GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by 12 THE Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. (Dial) After World War II, a

1

13

2

journalist travels to the island of Guernsey to meet residents who resisted the Nazi occupation. Originally published in 2008.

2

FEAR NOTHING, by Lisa Gardner. (Dutton) The Boston detective D. D. Warren, seriously injured at a crime scene, is treated by a pain therapist whose father was a serial killer.

19

INNOCENCE, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam) A grotesque man living in exile beneath the city encounters a teenage girl hiding from dangerous enemies.

YOU, by Nashoda Rose. (Cindy Paterson) A prequel to “Torn 24 WITH From You.” WITCH, by Nora Roberts. (Berkley) In the first book of 25 DARK the Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy, Iona Sheehan moves to Ireland to

1

10

investigate her family’s history.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 18, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of titles. The venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. (A full version of this method is on the combined list page).

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February 2, 2014

E-Book Best Sellers THIS WEEK

LAST WEEK

Nonfiction

by Robert M. Gates. (Knopf) A memoir by the former 1 DUTY, secretary of defense, who served in both the Bush and Obama

WEEKS ON LIST

1

LAST WEEK

THIS WEEK

1

15

5

Roger Ailes.

2

1

LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. (Little, Brown) The only survivor of a Navy SEALs operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle, his comrades and his courageous escape. The basis of the movie.

39

3

6

TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE, by Solomon Northup. (Various publishers) The narrative, first published in 1853, of a freeman who was sold into slavery and spent 12 years in bondage before escaping. The basis of the movie.

15

5

THE MONUMENTS MEN, by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. (Center Street) The attempt to preserve, and later to locate, art works stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

2

5

2

KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) Jesus’ life and times, and the events leading up to his execution.

17

6

4

WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf) A woman’s account of the lifechanging 1,100-mile solo hike she took along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995.

84

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, by Jordan Belfort. (Random House) The explosive rise and ugly fall of a high-living investmentfirm founder. First published in 2007; the basis for the movie.

12

MARRY AN ENGLISH LORD, by Gail MacColl and Carol 8 TO McD. Wallace. (Workman) American heiresses — like “Downton

FOLLOWING ATTICUS, by Tom Ryan. (Morrow/HarperCollins) An out-of-shape newspaperman decides to pay tribute to a deceased friend by climbing all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot peaks twice in one winter, accompanied by his miniature schnauzer, Atticus.

THE CANDELABRA, by Scott Thorson with Alex 16 BEHIND Thorleifson. (Tantor) Thorson describes his longtime relationship

17

7

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson) A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy.

18

20

PRACTICE TO DECEIVE, by Ann Rule. (Gallery Books) Sex, greed and scandal motivate a murder on Washington State’s Whidbey Island.

by Marcus Luttrell and James D. Hornfischer. (Little, 19 SERVICE, Brown & Company) A Navy SEALs member who was rescued in

4

20 1

1

in the 1980s.

121

3

3

Afghanistan describes his experience in Iraq.

11

Abbey’s” Cora Crawley — who married into the British aristocracy in the years after the Civil War.

BOY KINGS OF TEXAS, by Domingo Martinez. (Lyons) A 9 THE memoir about growing up in the border town of Brownsville, Tex.,

15

with Liberace; the basis of the film starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.

4

3

WEEKS ON LIST

LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM, by Gabriel Sherman. 14 THE (Random House Publishing Group) A biography of Fox News’s

administrations.

7

Nonfiction cont’d.

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life and when we can and cannot trust our intuitions.

40

13

21

14

THINGS THAT MATTER, by Charles Krauthammer. (Crown Forum) Three decades’ worth of essays from the conservative columnist.

22

24

YOUR LIFE CALLING, by Jane Pauley. (Simon & Schuster) The challenges of midlife, by the broadcast journalist. 

2

10

9

DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) How disadvantages can work in our favor; from the author of “The Tipping Point” and “Outliers.” 

16

23

19

LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. (Knopf) The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.

44

11

12

QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Crown) Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society.

52

24

17

GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SECRET SIX, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. (Sentinel) The story of the Culper spy ring, which aided the American cause during the Revolution. 

11

12

8

UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his plane went down over the Pacific.

TO HEAVEN, by Dale Black and Ken Gire. (Bethany 25 FLIGHT House) Black journeyed to heaven and back in the aftermath of

1

13

10

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. (Spiegel & Grau) A memoir by a Brooklyn woman whose relationship with a drug runner gets her sentenced to a year in prison. The basis for the Netflix series, originally published in 2010.

155

28

a plane crash in the 1980s of which he was the sole survivor. Originally published in 2010.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 18, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of titles. The venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. (A full version of this method is on the combined list page).

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Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers THIS LAST WEEK WEEK

Fiction

1

2

THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. (Little, Brown) A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden.

13

2

5

SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham. (Doubleday)  A sequel, about race and inheritance, to “A Time to Kill.”

3

1

THE INVENTION OF WINGS, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Viking) The relationship between a wealthy Charleston girl, Sarah Grimké, who will grow up to become a prominent abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday. 

WEEKS ON LIST

THIS WEEK

Fiction Extended

16

THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom. (Harper)

17

SWITCHBLADE, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown)

13

2

18

THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. (Dial Press)

19

TAKEDOWN TWENTY, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam)

BRIDES, by Annette Blair and others. (Sprigleaf) 4 SCANDALOUS Four Regency-era romance novels.

1

20

FOREVER WITH YOU, by Laurelin Paige. (Laurelin Paige)

LOVE, by James Patterson and Emily Raymond. (Little, 5 FIRST Brown) Sixteen-year-old Axi Moore invites her best friend, whom

1

21

FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC, by V.C. Andrews. (Pocket Books)

22

ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline. (Morrow/ HarperCollins)

23

KING AND MAXWELL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central)

24

DARK PLACES, by Gillian Flynn. (Broadway)

25

THE LONGEST RIDE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central)

she secretly loves, on a cross-country road trip.

6

10

7

9

8

13

9

11

THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/ Putnam) A woman’s life is upended when she discovers a letter from her husband she was not meant to read.

22

GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown) A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?

69

THE ROSIE PROJECT, by Graeme Simsion. (Simon & Schuster) A man with Asperger’s syndrome becomes involved with an unconventional woman.

2

COMMAND AUTHORITY, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam) President Jack Ryan and his son, a covert intelligence expert, try to counter a Russian threat in Clancy’s last novel before his death.

7

POLARIS PROTOCOL, by Brad Taylor. (Dutton) Taskforce 10 THE operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill go up against a Mexican

1

11

2

drug cartel, and uncover a plot much more insidious than drug trafficking.

4

FEAR NOTHING, by Lisa Gardner. (Dutton) The Boston detective D. D. Warren, seriously injured at a crime scene, is treated by a pain therapist whose father was a serial killer.

DEAD IN THEIR VAULTED ARCHES, by Alan Bradley. 12 THE (Delacorte) On a spring morning in 1951, the 11-year-old chemist

1

13

2

and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce receives a cryptic message from a stranger, who is then pushed to his death.

6

STANDUP GUY, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam) In the 28th Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer takes on a complicated new client.

MY HEART, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) Alex 14 CROSS Cross’s family is threatened.

7

GODS OF GUILT, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown) Mickey 15 THE Haller, a.k.a. the Lincoln lawyer, defends a “digital pimp” accused

6

of murder.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 18, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. The appearance of a ranked title reflects the fact that sales data from reporting vendors has been provided to The Times and has satisfied commonly accepted industry standards of universal identification (such as ISBN13 and EISBN13 codes). Publishers and vendors of all ranked titles conformed in timely fashion to The New York Times Best Seller Lists requirement to allow for independent corroboration of sales for that week. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Weekly sales of both print books and e-books are reported confidentially to The New York Times. The Best Seller Lists are prepared by the News Surveys and Election Analysis Department of The New York Times. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.

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Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers LAST THIS WEEK WEEK

Nonfiction

WEEKS ON LIST

by Robert M. Gates. (Knopf) The former defense secretary 1 DUTY, recounts his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and

1

2

LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson. (Little, Brown) The only survivor of a Navy SEALs operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle and his escape. First published in 2007; the basis for the movie.

9

YEARS A SLAVE, by Solomon Northup. (Various 3 TWELVE publishers) The narrative, first published in 1853, of a freeman

6

Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.



1

who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, and spent 12 years in bondage before escaping; the basis of the recently released movie.

4

8

THE MONUMENTS MEN, by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. (Center Street) The attempt to preserve, and later to locate, art works stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

2

5

2

KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events leading up to Jesus’ execution.

17

THINGS THAT MATTER, by Charles Krauthammer. (Crown Forum) Three decades’ worth of essays from the conservative columnist.

13

DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) How disadvantages can work in our favor; from the author of “The Tipping Point” and “Outliers.”

16



6

3

7

4

8

5

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, by Jordan Belfort. (Bantam) The rise and ugly fall of a high-living investment-firm founder. First published in 2007; the basis for the movie. 

4

9

6

WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf) A woman’s account of a lifechanging 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail during the summer of 1995.

60

10

12

LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. (Knopf) The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence.

41

LIFE CALLING, by Jane Pauley. (Simon & Schuster) The 11 YOUR challenges of midlife, presented with humor and insight by the

THIS WEEK

Nonfiction Extended

16

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson)

17

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. (Spiegel & Grau)

18

PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. (Simon & Schuster)

19

QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Crown)

20

OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown)

21

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

22

TO MARRY AN ENGLISH LORD, by Gail MacColl Carol McD. Wallace. (Workman Publishing)

23

THE BOY KINGS OF TEXAS, by Domingo Martinez. (Lyons Press)

24

THE BULLY PULPIT, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster)

25

LITTLE FAILURE, by Gary Shteyngart. (Random House)

1

broadcast journalist.

12

9

GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SECRET SIX, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. (Sentinel) The story of the Culper spy ring, which aided the American cause during the Revolution. 

11

13

11

I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. (Little, Brown) The experience of the Pakistani girl who advocated for women’s education and was shot by the Taliban.

15

14

14

UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.

136

LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM, by Gabriel Sherman. 15 THE (Random House) A journey inside the world of Fox News and the

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life of its combative, visionary founder, Roger Ailes.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 18, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. The appearance of a ranked title reflects the fact that sales data from reporting vendors has been provided to The Times and has satisfied commonly accepted industry standards of universal identification (such as ISBN13 and EISBN13 codes). Publishers and vendors of all ranked titles conformed in timely fashion to The New York Times Best Seller Lists requirement to allow for independent corroboration of sales for that week. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Weekly sales of both print books and e-books are reported confidentially to The New York Times. The Best Seller Lists are prepared by the News Surveys and Election Analysis Department of The New York Times. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW

February 2, 2014

Editor’s Choice MY LIFE IN MIDDLEMARCH, b  y Rebecca Mead. (Crown, $25.) A beguilingly straightforward ac-

count of Mead’s lifelong admiration for George Eliot as a novelist and as a role model for bright, provincially born girls like herself.

MY AGE OF ANXIETY: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind, b  y Scott Stossel. (Knopf, $27.95.) Stossel’s ambitious, bravely intimate

book examines his experience with anxiety disorder and its legacy in thought and culture.

THE PARTHENON ENIGMA, b  y Joan Breton Connelly. (Knopf, $35.) With first-rate scholarship, an archae-

THE SECRET HISTORY OF LAS VEGAS, b  y Chris Abani. (Penguin, paper, $16.) Outsiders, freak shows, gov-

ologist reinterprets the Parthenon frieze in this exciting and revelatory history.

ernment experiments and fighting dwarfs mingle in an audacious novel.

LEAVING THE SEA: Stories, b  y Ben Marcus. (Knopf, $25.95.) These stories piece together a landscape

THE GHOST OF THE MARY CELESTE, by Valerie Martin. (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $25.95.) This ingenious

so bleak that the book is a wonder and a cautionary tale all in one.

historical novel probes much more than a ship’s mysterious disappearance.

WHY I READ: The Serious Pleasure of Books, b y Wendy Lesser. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $25.) Lesser

practices an old-fashioned criticism of appreciation, inviting our own rumination. THE GUTS, b  y Roddy Doyle. (Viking, $27.95.) Jimmy

Rabbitte, the hero of “The Commitments,” faces cancer in a novel both understated and funny. THE VISIONIST, b  y Rachel Urquhart. (Little, Brown, $26.)

In this novel, a 19th-century girl living with the Shakers develops a prophetic calling. The full reviews of these and other recent books are on the Web: nytimes.com/books.

Paperback Row THE REAL JANE AUSTEN: A Life in Small Things, by Paula Byrne. (Harper Perennial, $16.99.) Contrary

to Virginia Woolf’s pronouncement, in 1928, that “we have lives enough of Jane Austen,” Austen’s appeal has proved irresistible. Byrne’s vividly persuasive biography shirks chronological constraints, using objects of special significance to Austen — an East Indian shawl, an ivory miniature, velvet cushions — to depict her as an exuberant, worldly woman of fierce convictions. TENTH OF DECEMBER,by George Saunders. (Random House, $15.) Saunders’s wickedly entertaining

collection, named one of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2013, veers from the deadpan to the flat-out demented: Prisoners are fed moodaltering drugs; ordinary saps cling to delusions of grandeur; third-world women, held aloft on surgical wire, become the latest in bourgeois lawn ornaments. THE INSURGENTS: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War,by Fred Kaplan. (Simon & Schuster, $16.) Kaplan, a Pulitzer-winning

journalist and the “War Stories” columnist for

Slate, provides an authoritative account of how the American military, led by a small fraternity of independent thinkers (“soldier-scholars”), approached two major wars in the combustible Islamic world. “Kaplan knows the military world inside and out,” Thanassis Cambanis wrote here. “Better still, he has historical perspective.” Y,by Marjorie Celona. (Simon & Schuster, $15.) Set

in the streets of Vancouver, Celona’s sinuously constructed first novel traces the trajectory of its narrator, Shannon, a wise-beyond-her-years child abandoned as a newborn on the doorstep of a Y.M.C.A., from foster-home hell to teenage rage. Interwoven with Shannon’s story is the tale of her mother, who faces a desperate fate in the days and hours leading up to Shannon’s birth. THE MISSING INK: The Lost Art of Handwriting, by Philip Hensher. (Faber & Faber, $15.) As typing

eclipses handwriting, Hensher, a British novelist and critic, asks, “will some part of our humanity . . . disappear as well?” Part autobiography, part journalism and part history lessons, “The Missing Ink” celebrates the physical act of writing, inves-

tigates historical changes in script, and considers the role handwriting plays in the novels of Charles Dickens. BENEDICTION,by Kent Haruf. (Vintage Contemporaries, $15.) Haruf’s novels, including “Plainsong” and

“Eventide,” present slices from life in the fictional town of Holt, Colo. In the quietly profound “Benediction,” Dad Lewis, the owner of the local hardware store, is dying of cancer. His family works to make his final days comfortable, but changes in the community, like the arrival of a firebrand minister, have stirred dormant memories. JUNGLELAND: A Mysterious Lost City and a True Story of Deadly Adventure,by Christopher S. Stewart. (Harper Perennial, $15.99.) Armed with the

notebooks of the explorer and World War II spy Theodore Morde, Stewart sets out in search of the fabled White City, buried deep in the Mosquito Coast of Honduras.



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